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October 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jo Li Tay, Lecturer, School of Design and the Built Environment, Curtin University In a new series, our writers explore their best worst film. They’ll tell you what the critics got wrong – and why it’s time to give these movies another chance. As an academic, I ... <a title="My best worst film: dubbed a crass Adam Sandler comedy, Click is a deep meditation on relationships" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/20/my-best-worst-film-dubbed-a-crass-adam-sandler-comedy-click-is-a-deep-meditation-on-relationships-147357/" aria-label="Read more about My best worst film: dubbed a crass Adam Sandler comedy, Click is a deep meditation on relationships">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Williams, Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities, Griffith University We’re at the mid-point of the Queensland election campaign. Pre-polling opened on Monday, with about two million Queenslanders expected to vote before election day on October 31. But with just 12 days to go, despite the Liberal-National Party ... <a title="As the Queensland campaign passes the halfway mark, the election is still Labor’s to lose" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/20/as-the-queensland-campaign-passes-the-halfway-mark-the-election-is-still-labors-to-lose-148267/" aria-label="Read more about As the Queensland campaign passes the halfway mark, the election is still Labor’s to lose">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joe McIntyre, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of South Australia Many Americans were riveted last week by the at times absurd confirmation hearing for US Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett. The death in mid-September of Ruth Bader Ginsburg thrust the issue of Supreme Court appointments ... <a title="Two High Court of Australia judges will be named soon – unlike Amy Coney Barrett, we know nothing about them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/20/two-high-court-of-australia-judges-will-be-named-soon-unlike-amy-coney-barrett-we-know-nothing-about-them-147853/" aria-label="Read more about Two High Court of Australia judges will be named soon – unlike Amy Coney Barrett, we know nothing about them">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, La Trobe University Victoria recorded one new case of COVID-19 on Monday, another fantastic result that suggests the coronavirus outbreak there is now being well controlled. Premier Daniel Andrews said on Tuesday the state was “well placed this weekend to be able to ... <a title="When and how should the Victoria-NSW border reopen? Is fishing allowed in Victoria? When can I travel between Melbourne and regional Victoria? Your COVID-19 questions answered" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/20/when-and-how-should-the-victoria-nsw-border-reopen-is-fishing-allowed-in-victoria-when-can-i-travel-between-melbourne-and-regional-victoria-your-covid-19-questions-answered-148428/" aria-label="Read more about When and how should the Victoria-NSW border reopen? Is fishing allowed in Victoria? When can I travel between Melbourne and regional Victoria? Your COVID-19 questions answered">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Les Christidis, Professor, Southern Cross University The tawny frogmouth is one of Australia’s most-loved birds. In fact, it was first runner-up in the Guardian/BirdLife Australia bird of the year poll (behind the endangered black-throated finch). Tawny frogmouths are found throughout Australia, including cities and towns, and population ... <a title="Hard to spot, but worth looking out for: 8 surprising tawny frogmouth facts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/20/hard-to-spot-but-worth-looking-out-for-8-surprising-tawny-frogmouth-facts-146484/" aria-label="Read more about Hard to spot, but worth looking out for: 8 surprising tawny frogmouth facts">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nat Kassel, PhD Candidate, Griffith University Treasurer Josh Frydenberg promised a federal budget focused on “jobs, jobs, jobs”. In one sense he didn’t disappoint. His budget speech mentioned jobs 37 times – an average of about once a minute. “This budget is all about jobs,” he declared. ... <a title="The budget promises jobs, but does little for workers in the gig economy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/20/the-budget-promises-jobs-but-does-little-for-workers-in-the-gig-economy-142638/" aria-label="Read more about The budget promises jobs, but does little for workers in the gig economy">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Crowley, Associate Professor, Public and Environmental Policy, University of Tasmania After the 2008 global financial crisis, Green New Deals were proposed in various countries as a way to pick up the pieces of the economy. The general idea is to create jobs while rebuilding societies, by ... <a title="You’ve probably heard of the Green New Deal in the US — is it time for one in Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/20/youve-probably-heard-of-the-green-new-deal-in-the-us-is-it-time-for-one-in-australia-148254/" aria-label="Read more about You’ve probably heard of the Green New Deal in the US — is it time for one in Australia?">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Selwyn Manning, editor of EveningReport.nz There is a mood circulating among some New Zealand circles that it would end badly for the Green Party in 2023 should it negotiate a part within a now-powerful Labour-led government. The argument goes: that should the Greens negotiate roles within the new government, that their voice and ... <a title="Injecting real change in NZ – Greens must not shy away from mandate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/20/injecting-real-change-in-nz-greens-must-not-shy-away-from-mandate/" aria-label="Read more about Injecting real change in NZ – Greens must not shy away from mandate">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Asmat regency in Papua has decided to limit access to and from the area for 28 days, starting last Sunday, after eight people in the regency’s capital Agats tested positive for covid-19 on Saturday, reports The Jakarta Post. Acting Asmat regent Triwarno Purnomo said the administration would only allow ships carrying ... <a title="Papua’s Asmat shut off following eight confirmed covid-19 cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/20/papuas-asmat-shut-off-following-eight-confirmed-covid-19-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Papua’s Asmat shut off following eight confirmed covid-19 cases">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hui Feng, ARC Future Fellow and Senior Research Fellow, Griffith University Few would have thought a US-China relationship marked by relative stability for half a century would be upended in just four years. But US President Donald Trump’s privileged tour of the Forbidden City in November 2017 ... <a title="Trump took a sledgehammer to US-China relations. This won’t be an easy fix, even if Biden wins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/20/trump-took-a-sledgehammer-to-us-china-relations-this-wont-be-an-easy-fix-even-if-biden-wins-147098/" aria-label="Read more about Trump took a sledgehammer to US-China relations. This won’t be an easy fix, even if Biden wins">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joseph Ibrahim, Professor, Health Law and Ageing Research Unit, Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University This article is part of our series on the future of aged care. In the face of the harrowing findings of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety and the ... <a title="If we have the guts to give older people a fair go, this is how we fix aged care in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/20/if-we-have-the-guts-to-give-older-people-a-fair-go-this-is-how-we-fix-aged-care-in-australia-147461/" aria-label="Read more about If we have the guts to give older people a fair go, this is how we fix aged care in Australia">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Gluckman, Director of Koi Tū, the Centre for Informed Futures; former Chief Science Advisor to the Prime Minister of New Zealand, University of Auckland The World Health Organization (WHO) has come in for its share of criticism for its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. While some ... <a title="WHO reform: a call for an early-warning protocol for infectious diseases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/20/who-reform-a-call-for-an-early-warning-protocol-for-infectious-diseases-148078/" aria-label="Read more about WHO reform: a call for an early-warning protocol for infectious diseases">Read more</a>
